Chapter 16: Saved by one of them
Dipper looked at his surroundings. He was stuck. There was nothing in reach he could grab to help him get free. Not to mention his hands were tied and so were his legs. He had no clue where Mabel was and the watch on his wrist had been smashed by Hew so now Stan and Ford could not find him. For the first time since it began, Dipper felt this plan was a failure. He felt like he had failed himself, Stan, Ford and especially Mabel.
At that moment he heard a door open. Footsteps started approaching from the hall. But they did not sound like Hew's and were to light to be even Henry's. The footsteps approached the door. It was not either of them. It was a boy. One of the other kids. He looked like he was about 6 or 8 years old. "Oh sorry, I thought this was the bathroom" he said. "Hey wait, uh kid can you untie from here" said Dipper. "But I can't" the boy said. "Why" said Dipper. "Because, Hew, he'll". The kid could not even finish his sentence before starting to cry. He walked up to Dipper and sat down next to him. "What did he do" said Dipper trying to be helpful. "I was getting him his coffee once and I spilled it by mistake. He got so angry he nearly pushed me down the stairs". The boy said.
Dipper looked Stunned. That good for nothing monster almost killed this child or seriously injured him over a spilled coffee. "I just wanna go home" he said. "I miss my family, my friends, even my older sister". Dipper looked down at the boy. "Hey, I promise you, once I'm done with Hew, ill make sure you get to go home" said Dipper. The boy looked up at Dipper with a small smile on his face. "Really". "I promise" said Dipper. "But I can't do that if I'm tied up here". "Oh ya" said the boy. He ran behind and helped untie Dipper from the chair. "Hey thanks buddy. What's your name by the way" he said. "Oh my name is Eian". "Nice to meet you Eian, I'm Dipper".
After getting his things back which Hew left on a table at the other end of the room, the two peeked outside into the hallway. It was empty. "So how are we going to get out of here" Eian said. "I have to find my sister first. She can, uh, help us" said Dipper. "Wait does your sister have braces" Eian said. "Ya" says Dipper. "Hew is holding her up in that room over there" said Eian pointing to the farthest room at the end of the hall. The two ran over to it. The door was locked.
Dipper looks into his pocket and pulled out another one of Ford's purchases from the Science con thing. A key that could open any lock (made after 1877 unlike his president's key from Trembly). It worked. He opened the door opened and walked in. Dipper then stopped in relief. There was Mabel. Tied up and asleep, but there. He ran up to her. "Mabel, wake up" he said shaking her. Mabel started to wake up. Dipper removed the tape covering her mouth. "Di- Dipper. Am I dreaming or is it really you" she said. "No, it really is me" he said. Dipper united Mabel and she immediately jumped up and hugged him. "I've missed you so much Mabel" Dipper said. Even he had started to cry tears of joy. "I'm so sorry Dipper. You were right about Henry, I should have listened to you" Mabel said. "We can talk about that later. Right now, you, me and Eian over here have to sneak out of this place as quick as we can" he said. "But Dipper, what about the others" Mabel said.
"Others, what do you mean by, oh no wait" said Dipper. Mabel nodded in response like she knew what Dipper meant. Eian did too. Mabel led Dipper to the bedroom where the others were and opened it. Dipper looked around. Along with him, Mabel and Eian, there were 8 other children there. "We can't leave them here or who knows what will happen to them" says Mabel. "Ya your right but there's no way we can all sneak out without them noticing". Dipper looked out a window. He saw the shed door open. The two of them were in there. "There in the shed, blocking the only way past." Dipper said. "What are we going to do" said Eian. Dipper looked at the situation.
"I think I have an idea" he said. "There are 11 of us in total and only two of them. I say if we want to win we have to fight back". The kids were reluctant. "Come on guys. Dipper promised me he would free me, and I'm sure he wants to help you too" said Eian. The other kids soon agreed. "Alright then, here's what we do" said Dipper.